[wind blowing]
[wind whistling]
[Mitsuha] Some mornings,
I wake up crying without knowing why.
That sort of thing happens now and again.
[Taki] Whatever the dream was I had,
I can never remember it.
But...
[Mitsuha] But the only thing that does last when I wake up
is a sense of loss
which lingers for a long time afterwards.
[phone ringing]
[Taki] I'm always searching for something, or someone.
[Mitsuha] I've been consumed by this feeling
ever since that day.
[Taki] The day a star fell.
It was almost like...
[Mitsuha] ...like seeing something out of a dream.
Nothing more or less...
[Mitsuha and Taki] ...than a breathtaking view.
[in Japanese] * How I wish our words travel *
* Till the edge of the world *
* without vanishing *
* Then what will those words be? *
* To make promises that won't fade *
* Let's say it on the count of three *
[upbeat rock music]
[singer vocalizing]
* "Your wish may come true to some degrees" *
* I no longer cannot see the eyes of this saying *
* Since when and why? I don't know *
* Where the point rain starts and ends, *
* where the rainbow begins and ends *
* Place where my life fades, *
* I've always believed that there is *
* something I've been chasing *
* One day we'll go *
* Where all living creatures have never been, *
* unprecedented, unexplored sentiments *
* Give them five and kiss your time away *
* Fifth dimension teases me but I still see you *
* Let's make our signal how to say "Nice to meet you" *
* And I chase your name *
[music ends abruptly]
[phone alarm ringing]
[Mitsuha groaning]
[Mitsuha] Taki.
Taki.
Taki!
Don't you remember?
[both gasp]
My name is...
Mitsuha!
[gasps]
Huh?
Hm?
[door slides open]
[Yotsuha] Sis, what are you doing?
Whoa.
They're so realistic feeling.
Hm?
"Sis"?
Me?
Are you still asleep?
Breakfast time!
Hurry up!
[door slamming]
[Mitsuha groaning]
Huh?
Wha? [gasps]
What?
[food sizzling]
Do you wanna have any of last night's fish, Grandma?
[Grandma] You can eat it.
-[Mitsuha] Mornin'. -Mornin'.
Lazy butt!
You're so slow!
[Mitsuha] I'll fix breakfast tomorrow.
Hm?
Oh, that's a lot.
Oh, well!
You're back to normal today.
Huh?
You were so crazy yesterday.
What do you mean "crazy"?
[tone ringing]
[woman over PA] Attention citizens of Itomori.
Good morning.
This is an official announcement
from Itomori Town Hall.
It is in regards to the mayoral election.
The election will be held on the 20th of next month.
The election committee would like to remind everyone that--
COMET TO PASS BY IN A MONTH: VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
A comet that comes only once every 1,200 years
will finally be headed our way in a month.
The comet will be visible to the naked eye for several days
once it approaches the Earth.
Just make up with him already, okay?
It's an adult matter.
POSITION OF COMET TIAMAT
[reporter] According to JAXA's spokesperson, they're preparing
for the celestial show of the millennium.
CLOSEST ON OCTOBER 4TH
[Mitsuha and Yotsuha] We're leaving!
[bright orchestral music]
[Yotsuha] I can't wait till the festival!
It's gonna be so much fun!
[Yotsuha humming]
[music continues]
Study hard, sis!
Oh!
-[bike bell ringing] -[Saya] Mitsuha!
Good morning, Saya. Mornin', Teshi.
-Mornin'. -Come on!
Would you get off already?
What for, meanie?
-'Cause you're heavy. -Hey, that's rude.
You know, I've gotta say, you two make a great couple.
-[both] No we don't! -[Mitsuha chuckles]
[Saya] Oh, I see you actually bothered
to do your hair today.
Wait, what?
Oh, yeah, what happened?
Did your grandma exorcise all your demons?
Exorcise?
Somethin' totally possessed your body.
[Saya] Would ya just give it a rest
with all this occult nonsense?
Mitsuha's gotta be feelin' stressed enough as it is, right?
What're you guys talkin' about?
Are you feelin' okay?
Hm?
[mayor] And above all,
restoring the town's fiscal health
so we can continue our revitalization project!
It's only when all these things are achieved
that we can create a safe and secure community!
As the incumbent, my administration has...
Miyamizu's gonna get another term anyway.
I hear he's been dolin' out the pork, just between us.
Hey, Miyamizu.
-[Mitsuha] Mornin'. -[girls giggle]
Looks like the mayor and the contractors' kid
are pretty cozy too.
[girl] Ew.
...the quality of life of each and every resident.
Hm?
-Mitsuha! -[Mitsuha gasps]
Stand up straight when you're walking!
Oh, he's tough on his family.
Well, that's the mayor for ya.
-Awkward. -Sucks to be her.
Mitsuha.
In front of everyone.
WHO ARE YOU?
Hm?
TASOKARE [TWILIGHT]
Two-light.
That's the origin of the word "twilight."
I'm sure everyone here knows that word.
It's dusk.
A time when it's neither day nor night.
When the border between worlds blur,
and one might encounter something not human.
Another older term for it is "dusklight."
KARETASO/KAWATARE = WHO IS THAT?
Some people also call it "golden hour."
[boy] What about magic hour?
It's somethin' my grandma says.
[teacher] Well, golden hour and magic hour
are technically the same.
But it's a term that mostly photographers use.
WHO ARE YOU?
[boy] Well, she does take a lot of pictures.
[students laughing]
Hm.
[teacher] Okay, next, Miyamizu!
Uh! Yes!
Well, I can see that you remember
your own name today.
[students laughing]
Hm?
[Saya] You don't remember?
-[Mitsuha] Uh-uh. -[bright music]
[Saya] Well, believe it or not,
you forgot where your own desk and locker were yesterday.
Plus you had the worst case of bed head,
and you didn't have your ribbon on either.
[Mitsuha chuckling]
What? No way!
Yeah, it was like you had amnesia or somethin'.
Now that you mention it,
I do feel like I've been havin' weird dreams lately.
Like a dream about someone else's life?
Ugh It's all so fuzzy.
Wait a sec. I've got it!
It's memories from a previous life!
Or maybe your subconscious linked
to the Everett interpretation of the multiverse!
Keep your fool mouth shut!
Wait a minute, Teshi!
Don't tell me you're the one who wrote in my notebook!
Huh?
Forget it.
But you really were actin'
just a little funny yesterday, Mitsuha.
You been feelin' okay?
[sighing] That's what's weird.
I feel fine.
Maybe it's from stress.
Y'know, you've got that ritual comin' soon, don'tcha?
[Mitsuha groans] Don't remind me!
I can't stand this place anymore.
It's too small and town-y.
I wanna graduate already and go to Tokyo as soon as I can!
[Saya] Can't say I blame you.
There really is nothin' at all in this town.
There's only one train that stops here every two hours.
And all the stores close at nine o'clock.
[Saya] No bookstores, no dentists.
MOTHER'S CAT'S EYE PUB
But two cocktail lounges for whatever reason.
-No jobs in town. -No one dateable.
Even the days are too short!
[grumbles] You know what?
[Saya and Mitsuha] No, what?
Uh...
Forget that stuff.
Why don't we go to a café?
-A café? -Really?
[both] Where?
[dog yawning]
[woman] Hello, kids.
-Evening, ma'am! -Hi there!
How is this a café?
[mutters] Like this town's got a café.
Mitsuha just went straight home.
Things have gotta be really rough for her right now.
[Teshi] She's on center stage and all.
-[Saya] Yeah. -[dog whines]
[Teshi] Hm?
Hey, Teshi.
Hm?
What're you gonna do after you graduate high school?
Where'd that come from?
You talkin' about the future?
Mm-hm.
I don't know.
I think I'll probably just end up
livin' in this town, you know?
Same as ever.
[birds chirping]
[wood clacking]
[sighs] I wanna do what you're doin'.
It's still too soon for you to try, Yotsuha.
Listen to the thread's voice.
When you twine it round and round like this,
feelings will start flowin' between you and the thread.
Mm.
It's not like threads talk.
[Mitsuha] She's tellin' you to focus.
Etched within our braided cords
is a thousand years' worth of Itomori's history.
Listen, somethin' happened 200 years ago.
Here she goes.
The bathroom of sandal maker Mayugoro Yamazaki
caught on fire, and this whole area burned down.
The shrine and old documents were destroyed.
This is known as--
Mayugoro's Great Fire.
-[Grandma] Mm. -They named the fire after him?
I feel bad for Mayugoro.
The meanin' behind our festivals was lost
because of that.
Only the surface was left.
But even if those words are gone,
the tradition shouldn't fade.
That's the Miyamizu Shrine's duty, our important task.
[sighs]
Despite all that, that son-in-law of mine,
abandoning the Shinto priesthood
and leavin' this house were bad enough, but politics?
Oh!
He's hopeless.
[mayor] Have another, mister foreman.
[man] The site we've got is a tricky one,
that's for sure.
I'll be counting on your help again for this election.
[man 2] Leave it to me.
You'll get the votes
from the Kadoiri and Sakagami districts, guaranteed.
How's the datin' scene?
It ain't easy, that's for sure!
[men laughing]
Smells like corruption in there.
[Teshi's mom] What're you talkin' about?
We're gonna need two or three more bottles.
Yes, dear.
Katsuhiko, you're gonna help out at the site this weekend.
We'll be usin' explosives, so you better study up.
-[Teshi groans] -What was that?
Got it!
[Teshi sighing]
[soft flute music]
Guess we both can't stand things here.
[flute music continues] [bells rattling]
[man] Is that Yotsuha?
She's all grown up.
[woman] They're lookers all right,
just like their mother.
Heya.
Hey.
[music continues]
[fire crackling]
[Teshi] World's oldest kind of saké.
By chewin' on rice, spittin' it out,
and then lettin' it ferment naturally, it becomes alcohol.
Kuchikamizake.
Do the gods really appreciate that?
-The way it's made-- -Yeah! Of course they do!
Mm.
Hey, check it out.
-It's Miyamizu. -[girls laughing]
Uh! I'd never do that!
[girl] And in front of everybody.
Embarrassing, right?
[crickets chirping]
[Yotsuha] You should try to cheer up, sis.
Who cares if a few of the kids
from your school saw that?
It must be nice for you, not being a teenager.
Hey, I know, you should just sell Kuchikamizake
and move to Tokyo.
I bet you could sell it with all sorts of stuff,
like photos and making-of videos.
Oh! And then you could call it "Shrine Maiden Saké."
-You'll make butt-loads! -Hmm.
SHRINE MAIDEN'S SAKÉ
I can't! There are liquor laws!
Huh?
That's what you have a problem with?
I hate this town!
I hate this life too!
Please make me a handsome Tokyo boy in my next life!
[Yotsuha sighs]
What a jackass.
[phone ringing and buzzing]
[groaning]
[grunting]
[grunts, gasps] Ow!
Ouch.
Where... [grunts]
Hm?
Something's there.
[screams]
[water running]
[man on TV] A spokesperson confirmed the story today
in a press conference
-and stressed that the company-- -[winces]
-[man] Taki! You up? -[gasps]
It was your turn to cook breakfast, wasn't it?
-Did you sleep in? -Uh, I'm sorry.
Hm?
Uh, I'm heading out.
Finish the miso.
O-Okay.
Make sure that you go to school
even if you're late.
See ya.
Have a nice day!
[door clicking]
[water dripping]
What a strange dream.
[phone chimes] [gasps]
FROM TSUKASA: RUN, YOU'RE LATE!
Huh?
It's from Tsukasa?
Who's that? [groans]
[groaning]
I gotta go pee.
[toilet flushes]
[sighs dejectedly] Way too real.
[gentle orchestral music]
[music swells]
SHINJUKU STATION
Hmm.
[music continues]
Ah.
[chuckles]
I'm in Tokyo!
JINGU HIGH SCHOOL
[bell ringing]
-[girl] Where did you get this? -[girl 2] Daikanyama.
Guess who's opening our next gig?
[boy] What? Wait, we have a gig?
[girl 3] Hey, let's skip club stuff today
and catch a movie.
Uh...
-Taki! -[yelps]
[Tsukasa chuckles]
Can't believe you got in at noon.
-Come on, let's grab lunch! -[Taki chuckles nervously]
You ignored my text too.
Uh, Mister Tsukasa?
[Tsukasa] "Mister"?
You don't have to go that far.
-[Taki] Uh... -[Takagi] You got lost?
-[Taki] Yeah. -[Takagi] Wait a second,
how'd you wind up getting lost on the way to school?
Uh, well, a girl--
A girl?
Uh, a gal.
[both] Hm?
-I mean-- -[both] Huh?
A guy!
[both] Hmm.
You know, guys just wanna have fun!
Every day's a festival when you're livin' in Tokyo.
-As a guy. -[boys chattering]
-Hey, you sound funny. -[gasps]
[Takagi] And where's your lunch?
[stammers]
-Seriously? -What is up with you?
We could share somethin'.
Let's make a croquette-egg sandwich.
[boy] Yes! [laughs]
[Taki] Uh...
Thank you.
[Takagi chuckles]
[Tsukasa] Wanna hit the café later?
[Takagi] Oh, that one?
Sure. You in, Taki?
[Taki] What?
What?
-What? -[both whimper]
A café?
[upbeat music]
They've got nice timberwork in here.
[Tsukasa] Yeah, it's pretty intricate.
Taki, all set?
Uh! Uh...
I could live for a whole month on what these pancakes cost!
[Takagi] Uh, maybe a decade ago.
[Taki] Hmm.
Oh, well! It's only a dream!
[both] Hm?
[camera shutter clicking]
[Taki sighs]
-Dreams are great. -[both] Huh?
-[phone chimes] -Huh?
[gasps] What? Oh, no!
I think that I'm late for work!
You've got a shift today?
Guess you'd better get going.
[Taki] Uh, right.
Uh, sorry, but uh--
Huh?
Where exactly do I work?
[both] Wha?
[man] Oh, hey, a cab! Slow down! Hey, hey!
[indistinct chattering]
[woman] Tables six, seven, and 10 are waiting!
-[man] Three new diners! -Table 12! Taki!
Got it!
Here you go.
So the zucchini and tomato salad with a side--
-We didn't order that. -Wha--
Taki!
I told you that we were out of truffles!
Taki, you gotta talk louder!
-Taki! -[Taki whimpering]
When is this nightmare gonna be over?
[music fades]
Waiter.
Hey, you!
Uh, yes?
See this? Does it look right?
-A toothpick's in it. -Uh...
[man] What would've happened if we ate it?
It's really lucky I noticed when I did.
-Do something. -Uh...
it's just that, well,
I don't even think we have toothpicks at this--
-What? -[people murmuring]
[woman] Excuse me.
Is everything all right over here?
-[man] Well-- -I'll take care of this.
[man] ...tell the guy...
What's wrong with you today?
Huh?
[woman] We truly apologize.
Your meal is on the house tonight.
Why, thank you.
[woman] You weren't hurt, were you?
[vacuum whirring]
Uh, Okudera.
That's "Miss" to you.
Miss Okudera, about before--
We just had some bad luck is all.
[Taki] No, I--
Those guys were definitely scamming us.
I handled it according to the manual, but still.
[woman 2] Miss Okudera, your skirt!
[Okudera gasping]
Are you all right?
Did something happen?
[woman 2] Looks like someone cut it.
-That guy. -[woman 2] What now?
Do you remember what he looked like?
[man] No.
[Taki] Come with me.
[man] Hey, Taki!
[Taki] Okay, take off your skirt!
What?
[stammers] I'll-I'll look the other way!
Yeah?
[light acoustic guitar music]
Hold on. This won't take long.
All done! Ta-da!
Hm! You're really good, Taki!
It's way cuter now!
[both chuckle]
By the way, I wanted to thank you for all your help
with that customer earlier.
To be honest, well, I was worried about you.
You aren't that strong,
but you're quick to pick a fight.
[chuckles] I like you better today.
You've got a feminine side.
Who would'a guessed?
JR YAMANOTE LINE: 7 MIN.
[music continues]
I gotta say, this dream sure does seem real.
Ah, looks like he keeps a journal.
Hm.
So organized.
I wish I lived in Tokyo.
One of her!
[music continues]
Unrequited love? [chuckling]
[keyboard clicking]
WALKED TO THE STATION WITH MS. OKUDERA AFTER WORK,
THANKS TO MY FEMININE POWERS!
WHO ARE YOU?
[Taki gasps]
MITSUHA
[yawning]
[music fades]
[Taki] What is this?
MITSUHA
Wha?
-[TV playing indistinctly] -What?!
What is going on?!
THANKS TO MY FEMININE POWERS!
-[upbeat music] -[Takagi] So café today?
[Taki] Thanks, but I gotta go to work.
Ha! Do you remember where to go?
Huh? [exclaims]
Wait a second, was that you, Tsukasa?
Are you the one that's been messin' with my phone?
Huh?
Uh...
Never mind.
Later.
Well, he's back to normal.
I think he was kinda... cute yesterday.
Uh...
[Taki gasps]
What's up?
Don't play dumb!
What about bro code, huh?
You walked home with her yesterday, right?
[stammering]
What're you talking about?
Me and Miss Okudera?
[men] So what did you guys do?
Uh, well, I don't remember actually.
Quit messin' around and tell us!
[Okudera] Okudera, reporting for duty!
Don't slack off today, you guys.
[men] Yeah.
[Okudera] We're gonna have a good day today.
Aren't we, Taki?
[men growling] [Taki yelps]
[upbeat music]
Hmm?
MITSUHA? WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU?
[door opens]
[Yotsuha] I see you're not touching your boobies today.
Breakfast time!
Hurry up!
My boobs?
[Mitsuha] Mornin'.
[students gasping]
[students whispering]
I feel like everyone's starin' at me for some reason.
Well, ya did kinda make a scene yesterday.
[whimpers]
STILL-LIFE DRAWING
[girl] Did ya see all the election posters?
Doesn't matter who wins, nothin'll change.
Except for who gets the gift bag.
[girl] Shh! Somebody's daddy's depending on it.
[boy and girls chuckle]
[Mitsuha] They're talking about me, right?
Wait!
Mitsuha?
[desk thudding] [students gasping]
[all murmuring]
[Mitsuha chuckles]
I...I...I did what?!
Huh?
Mitsuha?
[Mitsuha panting]
Huh?
WHAT IS THIS LIFE?!
Could this, could this mean...
[Taki] No, no, no, no!
Could this mean that we're really--
That we're, in our dreams, that guy and I--
That we're, in our dreams, that girl and I--
LIFE IN TOKYO WHAT IS THIS LIFE?!
[both gasping] ...we're switching places?
[upbeat rock music]
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
[Mitsuha] I'm slowly beginning to realize what's goin' on.
Taki's in high school and living in Tokyo.
[Taki] Two or three times a week,
I'll suddenly and randomly switch with Mitsuha,
who's somewhere out in the boonies.
The trigger is sleep.
The cause is unknown.
[Mitsuha] Any memories I have of the switch
get more and more hazy after I wake up.
[Taki] But there's no doubt
-that we're switching places. -[inaudible]
The reactions of everyone around us prove it.
That's why...
[Mitsuha] That's why we decide to lay out some ground rules
so we could protect each other's way of life.
STRICTLY FORBIDDEN!
NO BATHS! NO LOOKING! NO TOUCHING!
Things to watch out for during the switches,
and a list of stuff we should never do.
DON'T WASTE MONEY! NO DIALECT! DON'T BE LATE!
[Taki] We also agreed to leave each other reports
on our phones on the days we switch places.
[Mitsuha] So that we can work together
to get through this weird thing that's happening.
And yet...
[Taki] And yet...
-I cannot believe this guy! -I cannot believe this girl!
[vocalist singing in Japanese] [Taki grunts]
[sighing] [whimpering]
[inaudible]
[Mitsuha grunting]
[boys gasping]
[Mitsuha] Guys'll stare.
-[inaudible] -[Mitsuha] Watch the skirt!
These are basics for a girl!
[camera shutter clicking]
[Taki] Stop wasting my money on sweets!
[Mitsuha] It's goin' in your body!
Plus I also work for that money.
[Taki] Braiding cords is impossible!
[Mitsuha] You work way too many shifts!
[Taki] 'Cause you keep wasting money!
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
[inaudible]
[Mitsuha] Had tea with Miss Okudera on the way home.
You two have a good thing goin'.
[Taki] Quit messing with my relationships, Mitsuha!
[Mitsuha] Hey, Taki,
why's a girl confessin' her love to me?
[Taki] Maybe you're just more popular when I'm you.
[Mitsuha] You're so full of yourself!
[mockingly] Like you have a girlfriend.
[Taki] It's not like you have anyone either!
-[Mitsuha] I don't-- -[Taki] I don't...
DUMMY IDIOT
[both] ...because I don't want a relationship!
[music ends]
[phone alarm ringing]
Mmm.
I shouldn't for her sake.
You sure do like your own boobies.
Time to go!
Get ready!
[woman on TV] Over the course of the last few days,
the Tiamat comet has been visible.
But when and where can people see it?
COMET TIAMAT TO REACH PERIGEE
The Tiamat comet will be moving
in the same direction the sun does,
from east to west from our point of view.
So right after sunset.
As for where...
Why're you wearing your uniform?
Huh?
[birds chirping]
[Yotsuha] Grandma?
Why does our shrine god's relic have to be kept so far away?
[Grandma] 'Cause of Mayugoro, I don't really know.
[whispers] Who's Mayugoro?
What? He's famous!
Hop on, Grandma.
-[Grandma] Oh! -Watch out!
Careful!
[gentle orchestral music]
Mitsuha, Yotsuha, do you know about Musubi?
Musubi?
It's what we used to call
the local guardian deity long ago,
and it means "union."
This word has profound meanin'.
Tyin' strings together is a union.
Connectin' to people is a union.
And the flow of time is a union.
These are all part of the god's power.
The braided cords that we make are tied to that.
A skill from the god,
they represent the flow of time itself.
They assemble and take shape.
They twist, tangle, unravel now and then,
break and reconnect.
That's what a union is.
What time is.
Have a drink.
[Mitsuha] Thanks.
I want some too!
[Grandma] That's also a union.
[chuckles]
Whether it's water, rice, or saké,
when somethin' becomes a part of a person,
it's a union.
It joins their soul.
Which is why the offering we're makin' today
is such an important custom.
It connects the god with people.
[Yotsuha gasps] Hey, I can see it!
This is where it is.
The sacred relic of Miyamizu Shrine.
[music continues]
What lies ahead is the hereafter.
Huh?
It's the Netherworld.
[Yotsuha giggles]
The Netherworld!
In order to return to this world,
you have to leave behind what is most important to you.
-[Mitsuha] Huh? -[Grandma chuckles]
Like the Kuchikamizake.
[Mitsuha] Kuchikamizake?
[Grandma] You'll offer it at the foot
of the shrine god's relic.
After all, it is half of you.
[Mitsuha] Half of Mitsuha.
[music continues]
[birds chirping]
[both laugh]
Wow! It's already magic hour!
Hm? Magic hour?
[Mitsuha gasps]
Oh, yeah!
Maybe I can see the comet.
Huh?
The comet?
Oh.
Mitsuha, you're dreaming right now, aren't you?
[Taki gasping]
I'm crying?
But why?
[phone chimes]
I'M ALMOST THERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!
Miss Okudera?
She's almost where?
Uh!
Oh, Mitsuha, what did you do?
Date?!
[light piano music] [Taki breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] Tomorrow's your Tokyo date with Miss Okudera!
Meet up at the station at 10:30!
Well, that's what I had planned, but...
[music continues]
[Taki breathing heavily]
Hi, Taki!
[Taki gasping]
[Okudera giggles]
-Wait long? -Yeah. Uh, no.
Uh. [chuckles]
[music continues]
[Okudera giggles]
I just got here.
Thank goodness.
Let's go.
[Mitsuha] Must be nice.
They've probably met up about now.
Huh?
Why am I...
Why?
Wow.
[Mitsuha] It was a date I wanted to go on...
Look.
[Mitsuha] ...but if it so happens you end up goin',
you'd better be grateful and enjoy it!
[Okudera] This is nice.
It's my first time here.
So is this one of your usual go-to spots, Taki?
[Mitsuha] At any rate,
I bet you've never even been on a single date.
No way, it's too expensive!
Uh. [chuckles]
I don't know what to say to her.
[Mitsuha] That's why I've hand-picked some links below
to help you out, you wallflower.
For real?
YOU, TOO, CAN GET A GIRLFRIEND!
Hm?
DESPITE SOCIAL ANXIETY, I GOT A GIRL!
Hm.
THE DOS AND DON'TS OF TEXTING
[Taki growls]
She's making fun of me.
PHOTO EXHIBITION: NOSTALGIA
[music continues]
[Taki gasps]
Ah...
You know something, Taki?
Today you're... you're like a different person.
[birds squawking]
[Taki] Um, Miss Okudera, you getting hungry?
We could get dinner.
[Okudera] Uh, let's call it a day.
[Taki stammers]
All right.
I could be wrong, and I'm sorry if I am.
About?
But you used to have a little crush on me,
am I right?
[Taki stammers]
But right now, there's someone else you like, huh?
Wha-- [stammers] no.
No, it's not that.
[Okudera] Really?
There's no one. It's not like that.
Are you sure about that?
-Well, thanks for today! -Huh?
See you at work.
[music continues]
[Taki] By the time the date's over...
[Taki and Mitsuha] ...you should be able to see the comet
in the sky.
[Taki] What does she mean?
Weirdo.
[music continues]
MITSUHA MIYAMIZU
[phone line ringing]
[phone ringing]
[Mitsuha] Oh, it's you, Teshi.
No.
I just didn't feel like goin', that's all.
I'm fine.
What?
The festival?
Oh.
Oh, yeah, the comet.
It'll be at its brightest today, right?
Okay, got it.
See ya later.
[gentle music playing] [indistinct chattering]
[Saya] You're just lookin' forward to seein' Mitsuha
in a yukata, aren'tcha?
I-I am not!
I mean, it didn't even cross my mind.
-Mm. -Y'know,
she sounded kinda down when I talked to her.
Maybe she just didn't want a call from ya.
-It's not funny! -[giggles]
[Mitsuha] Sorry to keep ya.
-Oh, she's here! -You're late.
[both gasp]
Mitsuha, what happened to--
Ah, your hair!
I guess it's weird.
[light piano music]
You think it's gotta do with some guy?
Like he broke her heart?
Guys always just assume that it has to do with a boy.
She said she felt like cuttin' it.
Ya sure about that?
You really think she felt like cuttin' off that much of it?
[both] Huh?
Hey, guys! I can see it!
[music continues]
-[Teshi] Whoa. -[Saya gasping]
[music swells]
[Mitsuha gasps]
[wind whooshing]
[gong clangs]
[automated voice] The number you are trying to reach
is currently outside the cellular network
or has been turned off due--
[tone beeping]
[Taki] I'll just have to tell her how lousy
the date ended up the next time we switch.
That's what I thought.
But, for some reason,
the switches Mitsuha and I'd been going through until now,
they never happened again.
[gentle orchestral music]
[music continues]
MOUNTAINS IN GIFU PREFECTURE
[pencil scratching]
HIDA MOUNTAINS
[inaudible]
[music continues]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
[indistinct chattering]
Wha--what're-- what're you doing here?
[Okudera giggles]
[Okudera] Tsukasa told me about it, so here I am.
[tone chiming]
[announcer] We thank you for riding the Shinkansen line.
[Taki whispering] I asked for two things.
To cover my shift, and to back up my alibi if my dad asked.
Relax, Takagi's gonna take your shift.
Gotcha covered!
But you owe me dinner!
So you're all in on it.
You've got everyone worried about you.
Huh?
We can't ignore this.
What if somebody's trying to pull one over on you?
Like catfish?
I mean you met this person online, didn't you?
No, not exactly!
It's kinda complicated.
-Could be from a dating site. -She's not!
It's because you've been acting awfully fishy lately.
So we're keeping an eye on you.
I don't need a babysitter, okay?
[light piano music]
[Taki] The switches stopped.
My calls never connected and texts never went through.
That's why I decided to go see Mitsuha in person.
We're gonna miss it, come on.
I wanted to see her.
But...
[Okudera] What?
You don't know where she is exactly?
The town's landscape is your only clue?
Yeah.
[Okudera] And you can't contact her?
What's that about?
[sighs] Where are we?
You're a terrible tour guide.
[Taki] 'Cause I'm not one!
Oh, well.
Guess we'll help you search.
Aw! It's so cute!
-Look, Taki! -[Taki grumbles]
-Seriously, guys? -[Okudera gasps] It moved!
Aw!
[gentle orchestral music]
[inaudible]
[music continues]
[inaudible]
[Taki sighing] This is a lost cause.
[both] What?
After everything that we've done for you today?
[Tsukasa] Mm-hm.
[Taki sighs]
You haven't done anything.
[music fades]
[Okudera] One Takayama ramen.
[Tsukasa] One Takayama ramen.
[Taki] I guess I'll have the same.
Sure.
-Three orders of ramen. -[man] Got it.
Think we can make it back to Tokyo tonight?
Well, I think we'll be cuttin' it close.
Let me take a look.
'Kay, thanks.
Wait, Taki, you sure about that?
Yeah. I kinda feel like maybe
I've been barking up the wrong tree
this whole time.
Hey. That's a sketch of Itomori, isn't it?
-Huh? -[woman] It's drawn really well.
Come take a look at this, hun!
Yeah, that's Itomori.
It takes me back.
My husband was born and raised there, you know.
Itomori?
Yes, of course!
That's the place!
It's nearby, right?
You don't...
Itomori was--
Itomori? [gasping]
-Wait! -But that's where--
Isn't that the area where that comet...
Huh?
[birds calling]
KEEP OUT
[somber music]
[Taki breathing heavily]
[bird calling]
[music swells]
Hey, is this place really where she's from?
No way.
Taki must've just confused this with somewhere else.
No, I didn't.
This was the place.
This schoolyard.
These mountains. Even this high school here!
I remember it all!
There's no way you could.
You've gotta know about that disaster
three years ago, right?
Hundreds of people died.
They died?
Three years ago?
It can't be.
There's no way.
I mean, I still have the memos she wrote.
[tone pings]
[Taki gasps]
[music swells]
[Taki gasps]
[dramatic music]
They're fading.
[somber piano music]
[Tsukasa] Comet Tiamat, with an orbital period
of 1,200 years,
ITOMORI, THE TOWN THAT VANISHED
made a close approach to Earth three years ago in October.
METEOR STRIKES, WIPES OUT TOWN
Nobody foresaw that its nucleus would split
at its perigee.
TOWN ANNIHILATED
OVER 500 DEAD OR MISSING
ITOMORI, THE TOWN THAT VANISHED
The fragment that broke off of it became a meteor
and struck Japan.
[keys clacking]
ITOMORI, COMET, DAMAGE
It looks like that day was the same date
as the autumn festival.
[Tsukasa] The point of impact was here.
At 8:42 p.m., it fell right around
where people were gathered for the festival.
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS
Over 500 died.
It was a third of the town's population,
and now nobody lives in Itomori anymore.
[music continues]
[Taki gasps]
Teshigawara and Sayaka. [gasps]
[music swells]
MITSUHA MIYAMIZU
[Okudera] Huh? That's her?
You were wrong. You gotta be.
After all, this girl here died three years ago!
[Taki] Just two or three weeks ago
she said that I'd be able to see the comet.
That means--
[Grandma] You're dreaming right now...
-I... -[Grandma] ...aren't you?
[Taki] I...
[music ends]
What was I...
[crickets chirping]
[lighter clicking]
[Okudera inhales]
[Okudera exhales] [muffled clapping and cheering]
Sounds lively over there.
[sighs] They only have one room left.
I'm really sorry.
It's not a problem.
How's Taki?
He's still reading articles on Itomori.
He's going through all those newspapers and magazines
at random.
Seems obsessive.
-What is it? -Oh, sorry.
You smoke, huh?
Yeah.
I did quit at one point.
What do you think about what Taki's been saying?
I had feelings for him, you know.
-Wha-- -The way he's been recently.
I mean, he was a nice guy before, but he's even nicer now.
Kind of frantic.
It was cute.
Although I do think what he's been telling us
is definitely strange sounding.
Well, everything I had was great.
[Okudera] But in the end, the fact remains that
Taki's met someone,
and that someone is the reason he changed.
That much is for sure.
WORST-EVER ITOMORI COMET DISASTER
[phone chiming]
[Taki gasping]
It was all just a dream.
I recognized the landscape
because I unconsciously remembered the news
from three years ago.
If it's not that, is she a ghost?
Or did I just make it up?
The whole thing. [gasps]
What was her name?
I can't remember.
[knocking on door]
Tsukasa said he was gonna go ahead and take a bath.
Miss Okudera.
Uh I, um,
I realize I've been saying a lot of strange things.
I'm really sorry, and thank you.
Mmm.
THE TATARA IRON-MAKING SITE
THE BRAIDED CORDS OF ITOMORI
Braided cords.
Pretty.
That band on your wrist, that's one, isn't it?
Huh? Oh, this thing?
Guess so.
Somebody... someone gave it to me.
I wear it sometimes as kind of a lucky charm.
[gentle ethereal music]
Who was it?
It's late.
Why don't you go down and take a bath too?
Sure.
Wait.
Yeah, someone who makes these.
They once told me something.
The cords represent the flow of time.
They twist and tangle, unravel and connect.
And how that's what time is.
[gasps]
Maybe if I could...
[gentle orchestral music]
[sighs]
[crickets chirping]
AROUND HERE?
[Mitsuha] Taki.
Taki.
Taki!
Don't you remember?
[Taki gasping]
[Okudera sighs]
I HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.
[door slides open]
GO BACK TO TOKYO WITHOUT ME. I'LL RETURN LATER. THANKS.
[sighs] Taki.
[emotional orchestral music]
[bird calling]
[inaudible]
[thunder rumbling]
[man] Eat this bento up there.
Huh?
Your drawin' of Itomori,
you did a real good job.
[engine revving]
[thunder rumbles]
[rain pattering]
[thunder crashing]
[Taki] They assemble and take shape.
They twist, tangle, unravel now and then,
break and reconnect.
That's what a union is.
What time is.
[music continues]
There it is.
It's really there.
It wasn't a dream.
[music fades]
What lies ahead is the Netherworld.
[water splashing]
[water dripping]
It's still here.
[tone pings]
This was Yotsuha's, and this was mine.
This was before the comet.
So when I switched places with her,
it was also three years in the past.
Our times got tangled somehow.
This is half of her.
[cork squeaking]
[cork popping]
Musubi.
If it's true, and time can be unraveled,
just give me one more chance.
[Taki gasps]
A comet!
[soft chiming music]
[Taki grunting]
[gentle ambient music] [soft crackling]
[water dripping]
[water splashing]
[Taki gasping]
[music continues]
[whooshing]
[gentle orchestral music] [water drops]
[heart beating]
[baby crying]
Your name's going to be Mitsuha.
[Taki gasping]
[mayor] Both of you are my treasures.
You're going to be a big sister.
GET WELL SOON, MOM.
I'm so sorry, my dears.
[Yotsuha] Dad, when is Mommy coming home?
[mayor sobbing] I couldn't help her.
[Grandma] Get a hold of yourself!
[mayor] Who cares about the shrine?
[Grandma] But you're in charge now!
[mayor] I loved Futaba!
Not Miyamizu Shrine.
[Grandma] Get out!
Now listen to me, girls, starting today,
you'll be living with Grandma.
[rain pattering]
[Taki breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] Who am I?
Who are you?
MITSUHA
FOOL
Don't be full of yourself! Like you have a girlfriend.
Must be nice.
They've probably met up about now.
[gasps] Why am I...
I'm going to Tokyo.
[Yotsuha] What? Wait, sis!
[dramatic orchestral music]
Grandma, would you mind doin' me a favor?
-Oh, yeah, the comet. -[bell dings]
It'll be at its brightest today, right?
[Taki] Mitsuha! Don't go there!
Mitsuha.
You've gotta get out of town before the comet strikes!
[Taki gasping]
Mitsuha, run!
Mitsuha!
[wind whooshing]
[gong clangs]
[Mitsuha gasps]
[Mitsuha gasping]
Mitsuha.
She's alive. [whimpering]
Let me guess, you're touchin' your boo-- [gasps]
[Mitsuha cries]
Her sister!
[whimpering]
Yotsuha!
[Yotsuha grunts] [Mitsuha crying]
I think she's finally lost it.
Just for today, I'm gonna head out first.
She's lost it.
Really lost it.
Totally, totally lost it.
[woman on TV] For all you star-gazers out there,
the comet Tiamat has been visible to the naked eye
for about a week now.
Tonight it will finally reach its perigee around 7:40 p.m.
and be at its maximum brightness
when viewed from the Earth's surface.
[Mitsuha] It's tonight.
There's still time left.
Mornin', Mitsuha.
What's this?
Hold on.
You're not Mitsuha, are you?
[gasps] Wait, how did you...
You already knew?
No, but watchin' the way you've been behaving lately
stirred some memories up.
When I was a young girl,
I had some pretty strange dreams myself.
Huh?
Though it's been so long,
the memories of who I became in those dreams
have pretty much faded at this point.
[Mitsuha] Faded.
Treasure the experience.
Dreams eventually will fade away.
I went through similar times myself,
and so did your mother.
[Mitsuha gasping]
What if all those dreams that the Miyamizu people had,
it had to do with today?
Grandma, you have to listen to me!
Tonight, the comet is going to fall on Itomori.
You're all gonna die!
Huh?
[door sliding]
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] "Nobody's gonna believe that"?
I didn't expect that out of Mitsuha's grandma.
It doesn't matter!
There's no way I'm gonna let them all die!
[Saya] Mitsuha!
What happened to--
[Teshi gasps]
What'd you...your hair!
Ah, the haircut?
Looked better before, huh?
[Teshi] No! I-It's good!
Never mind that!
If we don't do something about tonight, we'll all die!
-[Teshi gasps] -[Saya] What?
Huh?
It's up to us to save everyone!
[upbeat music]
[scanner beeps]
Wait! Shouldn't you be in school?
Well, we sort of have to save the town, or something.
Huh?
[Mitsuha] The warning system?
[Teshi] Yeah, those speakers all over town.
[keys clacking]
SUPERIMPOSITION, FREQUENCY
[Mitsuha] Oh. I get it.
It could work!
Nice job, Teshi!
Hey, I don't think you should be sittin' so close to me.
What's wrong? Uh-oh!
You shy?
Would ya quit it? It ain't proper!
-And you know it! -Huh?
CLUB DISCONTINUED - KEEP OUT
[Mitsuha laughs]
Such a gentleman! [laughs]
Since when?
I bought all the snacks, guys!
-Here's the change. -Sorry for the trouble.
[Saya] I didn't mind.
We oughta be gettin' paid.
Quit complaining.
So?
What'd ya come up with?
Got an evacuation plan?
[both chuckle]
A--a--a bomb?!
Yeah, we have water gel explosives
we use for construction at our storage site.
And the warning system?
A startup frequency can hijack
the town's warning system pretty easily.
So we can broadcast an evacuation warning
for the whole town right from school!
Look, we're outside the disaster area here,
so we'll just make an announcement
to evacuate to the school.
It's...it's totally a crime.
You'll be in charge of the broadcast, Saya.
Why me?
You're in the broadcast club.
And I'll be in charge of the explosives.
While I go have a word with the mayor.
Why?
'Cause if the evacuation order's
not comin' from town hall,
then nobody's gonna go anywhere.
But if I talk to the mayor, as his daughter,
I can convince him.
[Teshi] It's the perfect plan.
[sighs]
Fine, I don't really care one way or the other.
This is just a theory of yours, right?
Uh, well...
Theories can be based on reality!
Like, do you know the story of how Itomori Lake was formed?
It's a crater!
A METEOR CRATER LAKE FORMED 1,200 YEARS AGO.
That means a meteor hit this area
at least once a thousand years ago!
Right! That's why...
Nice one, Teshi!
[both grunting] [Saya whimpers]
[both] Let's go evacuate the town!
[bird calling]
[mayor] What on Earth are you talking about?
[Mitsuha] Like I said,
we have to evacuate everyone in town before tonight or else--
Enough. Shut up!
[Mitsuha gasping]
[sighs]
"The comet's going to split in two
and strike the town"?
ITOMORI TOWN HALL
"Over 500 will die"?
How dare you stand there and spout such nonsense!
If you're serious, you must be sick.
I guess recklessness is a Miyamizu trait.
I'll have a car take you to the city hospital
for an examination.
We will continue this discussion after you've seen a doctor.
[phone line ringing]
You!
You son of a...
[low tense music]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[exhales]
Mitsuha.
No.
Wait a minute.
-Who are you? -[gasps]
[hammer banging] [indistinct chattering]
I'll see you guys at the festival. Bye-bye!
We'll meet you at the steps to the shrine!
Don't be late, okay?
-Bye-bye! -See ya.
Later.
-You shouldn't go! -[boy grunts]
You've got to leave town!
-Huh? -Tell all of your friends!
What's wrong with ya?
-[Yotsuha] Mitsuha! -What was that about?
Come on. Let's go.
What're you doing, huh?
If it was Mitsuha,
would she have been able to convince him?
Is all this my fault?
-Huh? -Yotsuha!
Promise me that you'll leave town with Grandma before dark!
What?
You're gonna die if you stay here!
What're you talking about?
And why'd you suddenly go to Tokyo yesterday?
You've been acting really strange lately!
Huh?
Went to Tokyo?
[Saya] Hey!
Mitsuha!
[Teshi] How'd it go with your old man?
Huh?
Hey! Mitsuha!
What's with your sister?
[Yotsuha] Dunno.
[Mitsuha gasps]
-Huh? -[bell dings]
[soft chiming music]
Could she be over there?
-[Teshi] Hmm? -What's that?
What's over there?
Let me use your bike, Teshi.
Hey!
Mitsuha!
And what do we do?
Get things ready like we planned!
I'm counting on you!
[soft music]
[water dripping]
[Taki gasps]
[gasping] Oh my gosh!
I'm Taki again.
But what was Taki doin' out here?
[music continues]
[Taki gasps]
The town.
It's gone.
[wind whooshing] [both gasping]
[gong clangs]
So does that mean...
[breathing shakily] they died?
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] Taki.
Taki.
[breathing heavily]
Don't you remember?
[light piano music]
[Mitsuha] I'm going to Tokyo for a few hours.
What? Right now?
But why?
-For a date. -Huh?
You have a boyfriend in Tokyo?
I didn't say it was a date for me.
I'll be back tonight.
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
If I suddenly show up, will it be a nuisance
or a surprise?
He might not like it if I do.
[gentle orchestral music]
[automated voice] The number you are trying to reach
is currently outside the cellular network.
[Mitsuha] I guess it won't happen.
But what if it did?
-[chattering and laughing] -[Mitsuha] What would I do?
Would I annoy him?
Would it be awkward?
TIAMAT MAKES CLOSEST APPROACH TOMORROW
Or maybe he'd be glad to see me.
[automated voice] The number you are trying to reach
is currently outside the cellular network.
[Mitsuha] I guess we won't meet.
But there's one thing I'm certain of.
If we see each other,
we'll definitely know right away.
That you were the one who was in me.
And that I was the one who was in...
[gasping] ...you.
Sorry.
[gentle piano music]
[announcer] The train will be arriving momentarily.
Please stand behind the line.
When entering the train, please mind the gap.
[Mitsuha gasps]
[gentle orchestral music]
'Scuse me.
[announcer] The doors are now closing.
[music fades]
[Mitsuha gasping]
[gentle piano music] [Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha gasping]
[Mitsuha grunting]
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] That time three years ago,
before I even knew you--
[announcer] Next stop, Yotsuya.
The platform will be on the right.
[Mitsuha] Taki.
Taki.
Huh?
Uh, it's me.
-Don't you remember? -Uh...
Sorry, who are you?
[gasps]
I-I'm sorry.
[brakes squealing] [Mitsuha gasping]
[Mitsuha] But he's Taki.
[Taki] What a weird girl.
[announcer 2] Yotsuya.
Yotsuya.
Stand clear of the doors.
[music continues]
-Hold on! -Huh?
But what's your name?
Mitsuha!
My name is Mitsuha!
[Mitsuha grunting]
[Mitsuha] Three years ago, you showed up.
It was...to see me!
[music fades]
[Taki gasping]
Taki.
[Mitsuha] Mitsuha! [echoing]
-Taki? [echoing] -[gasps]
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[panting]
Mitsuha! [echoing]
You're here, right?
Inside my body!
Taki!
Taki, where are you? [echoing]
That was Mitsuha.
I can hear her voice, but...
Taki?
Where are you?
Taki! [echoing]
[both breathing heavily]
[bell dings]
[both gasp]
[gentle music]
[Taki] Taki, are you--
Are you there?
[ethereal shimmering music]
[music fades]
[Mitsuha gasps]
[Mitsuha and Taki] Magic hour.
[Mitsuha gasps]
Mitsuha.
[gentle orchestral music]
Taki.
You're really here.
Taki!
I came all this way to see you.
Which wasn't easy, since you were pretty far away.
Huh? How is that even...
Because back then--
Well, I drank some of your Kuchikamizake.
Huh?
You, you drank that?
Huh?
Stupid pervert!
-Wh-what? -Yeah! That's right!
You were touching my boobies, weren't you?
[Taki] Wh...H-How do you even--
'Cause Yotsuha saw you!
I-I just-- I couldn't help myself!
But it was just the one time.
Just the one time?
How many times isn't the issue!
Sorry.
Wait, is that--
Oh, yeah, it's yours, but you visited before I knew you.
So I didn't know who you were.
Here.
I kept it for three years.
But I think it's time you got it back.
[gentle orchestral music]
What do ya think?
Oh, uh, well, it's not bad.
Oh, you're lyin'!
[Taki chuckles] [Mitsuha growls]
Busted.
Why you gotta be like that?
[laughs]
[both laughing]
[music continues]
[Taki] Hey, Mitsuha, you still have a lot to do.
Listen.
It's coming.
Don't worry. You still have enough time.
I'll do my best.
It looks like magic hour's almost--
...over.
Hey, Mitsuha.
Just so we don't forget things when we wake up.
Huh?
Let's write down our names.
Here.
[chuckles] Mm!
[pen clacking] [music stops]
[gasps
] Mitsuha.
Hey, Mitsuha?
I was planning to tell you
that wherever you are in the world,
I swear that I'll find you again, no matter what.
Your name is Mitsuha.
It'll be okay.
I'll remember.
Mitsuha. Mitsuha. Mitsuha!
Your name is Mitsuha!
Your name is...
[gasps]
[Taki breathing heavily]
Who are you?
[gentle orchestral music]
And what did I even come here for?
I came, I came all this way to see her!
I came to save her.
I wanted her to be alive.
Who was it again?
Who?
Who did I come to see?
Someone precious.
Someone that I don't wanna forget.
Someone I shouldn't!
Who was it?
Who? Who?
What's your name? [echoing]
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Mitsuha] Taki.
Taki.
Taki!
It'll be fine.
I remember. I'll never forget!
Taki. Taki.
Your name is Taki!
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
[inaudible]
ITOMORI SUBSTATION
[Mitsuha panting]
Teshi!
Mitsuha!
Where the heck have you been?
He said sorry for breakin' your bike.
Wha? Who did?
I did!
Mmm, you're gonna have to explain it to me later.
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
That thing is goin' to fall, right?
-For real? -[Mitsuha] For real.
I saw it with my own eyes!
What? You did, huh?
Well, I guess it's settled then.
We're both officially criminals.
[chain clacking]
BROADCASTING ROOM
[Saya] What?
Do I really have to?
[Teshi] Once the town's power goes out,
the emergency generators should kick in right away.
Use the broadcast equipment once it does.
Don't be scared, Saya.
And repeat it as many times as you can.
Woohoo!
You can do it!
Aw, nuts.
It's do or die! [whimpers]
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
Shouldn't it be goin' off?
Hell if I know!
[explosions booming]
[Mitsuha gasping] [Teshi chuckles]
[woman] What was that?
-That was pretty loud too. -Look over there!
[indistinct chattering]
-Huh? -[gasps]
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
Hey, look! Up there!
Whoa.
[siren wails]
[Saya] This is Itomori Town Hall.
-Reports of an explosion at-- -[man] Explosion?
-...substation are coming in. -Did I hear that right?
Wildfires are possible,
as well as the threat of more explosions.
Residents in the followin' areas,
please evacuate to Itomori High School immediately.
Kadoiri district, Sakagami district.
[man] Honey, we should go.
The broadcast isn't coming from us?
-Well, who the hell is it then? -[phones ringing]
-[Saya] Miyamori district. -[siren wailing]
Oyazawa district.
Let's go, Mitsuha!
[both grunting]
[Mitsuha] Teshi!
[Saya] Reports of an explosion at the substation
are coming in.
-[dog barking] -[Teshi] Everyone, run!
There's a wildfire!
[Mitsuha] Wildfire! Please run!
[Teshi] Get outta here!
Run!
-[Mitsuha] It's not safe here! -[Teshi] There's a fire!
[Mitsuha] Please evacuate!
It's not workin'. We're runnin' outta time!
-Mitsuha! -[Mitsuha gasping]
What's wrong?
What is it?
I can't remember what his name is anymore!
What is with you? You're the one who started all of this!
We can't evacuate everyone without firefighters!
Get goin'! You gotta convince your old man!
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[Saya] This is Itomori Town Hall.
[explosion booming]
[Saya] Reports of an explosion at the substation--
[Teshi] Everybody! Get to the high school!
Hurry!
[indistinct chattering]
Oh, it's Mitsuha.
[Mitsuha grunting]
[man] Why would terrorists attack way out here?
What is Chubu Electric sayin'?
[man 2] They're still checking.
Any update? No wildfires yet?
You're sure? Got it.
[Saya] Reports of an explosion--
Make them stop this broadcast immediately!
Haven't you located its source yet?
Mayor!
The Takayama sensor station just called!
[gasps] From the high school?
[Saya] Once again, residents in the following areas,
please evacuate to Itomori High--ah!
[man] What're you doing? Turn that off!
[feedback squeals]
They got Saya!
[Teshi] Oh, no!
[Saya crying]
What were you thinking, Natori?
I swear.
[chime ringing] [gasps]
[man] This is Itomori Town Hall.
We are currently confirming the reports of the accident.
[groans]
[man] We instruct all residents to remain calm
and stay where they are till further notice.
I guess we have to stay put?
[man 2] What is goin' on?
So we stay on standby.
Come on, they said everyone should evacuate!
The high school's the evacuation center!
-[Teshi's dad] Katsuhiko! -[gasps]
-[man] ...remain calm and stay-- -[dog whines]
Tell me.
What do you think you're doing?
[gasping]
Sorry, Mitsuha.
This is the end.
[gasps]
Oh my god.
It's actually splittin' apart.
[music swells]
-[indistinct chattering] -[woman on TV] Look at that!
The comet has split into two large parts,
and meteors are now falling to Earth!
I don't believe anyone could've predicted this.
Either way, we have quite the mystical view here.
So what does the comet's nucleus splitting
mean for us?
[man on TV] The comet's not within the Roche limit,
so the nucleus itself must've had a structural weakness
for this to happen.
[man 2] Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke apart
and collided with Jupiter in 1994.
There were at least 21 fragments then.
I'm going outside to take a look.
[man 3] The fragments will likely burn up
well before reaching the ground
The probability of a meteor actually landing--
[man 4] Scientists were already intently examining the comet,
but never foresaw this development.
To predict the trajectory--
[man 5] As we stand here witnessing this spectacle,
unassisted and with our bare eyes,
it strikes me that living in such an age
has never felt more fortunate than now.
[Mitsuha] Hey.
Who are you?
[breathing heavily]
Who?
Who is he?
Someone precious.
Someone I shouldn't forget.
Someone I didn't want to!
Who?
Who are you?
What's your name?
[breathing heavily]
Oh, no.
[Mitsuha yelps]
[head thudding] [grunts]
[body thuds]
[Taki] So that we don't forget things when we wake up,
let's write down our names.
[Mitsuha breathing heavily]
[gentle music]
I LOVE YOU
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
Writing this doesn't help.
I won't know your name. [cries]
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
Dad! [breathing heavily]
-Mitsuha! -There you are!
Don't tell me you're back. [gasps]
[Taki] It was almost like
seeing something out of a dream.
Nothing more or less than a breathtaking view.
[vocalist singing in Japanese]
[music ends]
[no audio]
[explosion booming]
[water rushing]
[crashing]
[glass shattering] [metal clanging]
[wind howling]
[rumbling in distance]
[Taki] Huh?
Why am I here?
What am I doing?
[train rumbling]
[announcer] Next is Yoyogi.
Yoyogi.
[brakes squealing]
[sound muffles]
[Taki gasping] [brakes squealing]
[tone chiming]
[announcer] The doors are closing.
Please be careful.
[Taki] I'm always searching for something.
This feeling has consumed me
for some time.
The reason I applied for this position...
The landscapes people live in...
To build a city's landscape..
Even Tokyo, it might vanish too one day.
And so, I wanna make landscapes that,
how should I put this?
That can continue to warm people's hearts.
[Taki groans]
That bad? How many does that make it?
I've stopped counting.
Doesn't sound too promising.
Who asked you?
That suit could be the problem.
It looks just like yours!
Well, I have two offers.
-I have eight myself. -[Taki growls]
-[phone chimes] -Huh?
LINE: YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE.
[Taki] Is what I'm searching for someone or somewhere?
Or am I just searching for the right job?
I don't even really know.
Oh!
You're job hunting, huh?
I haven't had much luck though.
Hmm.
Hey, maybe it's the suit that's killing your chances.
Does it really look that bad on me?
[Okudera laughs]
[light piano music]
[Taki] So why the sudden call today?
[Okudera] I was in the area for work
and I figured it had been a while since I saw your face.
8 YEARS SINCE THE COMET DISASTER
Remember that one time when we went
all the way to Itomori?
You were still in high school back then, so it was--
[Taki chuckles] Five years ago.
That long?
It seems like I've forgotten a lot.
[Taki] I don't remember all that much either,
about back then.
Maybe we argued.
She and Tsukasa went back to Tokyo without me.
I spent the night alone on some mountain.
That's about all I remember.
But at one point in time,
I found myself strangely drawn to the incident
involving that comet.
A fragment of the comet destroyed a town
in that disaster.
But miraculously,
most of the people living in the town were unhurt.
EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS TO HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS CONFIRMED
The town happened to be holding an emergency drill that day,
NO DEATHS, 104 WOUNDED
AN UNPRECEDENTED NATURAL DISASTER
and most of its residents were outside the impact zone.
RESIDENTS SAFE
DISASTER FORETOLD?
The sheer luck and coincidence of it all
sparked various conspiracy theories.
MAYOR MIYAMIZU'S HIDDEN AGENDA
I read a lot of articles about it back then.
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION AT THE SUBSTATION
I was kind of obsessed.
But whatever the reason I had for my interest
is a mystery to me now.
I didn't even know anybody in that town.
[music continues]
[Okudera] Thanks for today. This is far enough.
I do hope that at some point,
you'll find happiness too.
[Taki] I feel like I'm always searching
for something, someone.
[rain pattering]
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JOB INTERVIEW
I feel like I do wanna go to one more bridal fair.
[man] They're all the same.
A Shinto weddin' sure sounds nice too.
[man] You said you wanted to be married in a chapel!
Mm. Oh! That reminds me, Teshi.
Would ya please shave before the ceremony?
I'm goin' on a diet for it, ya know?
She says as she's eatin' a cake.
[Saya, muffled] I'll get serious tomorrow.
[Taki gasps]
[bell dings] [Taki gasping]
[woman gasping]
[gentle music]
ITOMORI, THE TOWN THAT VANISHED
OCTOBER 4, 2013 - ITOMORI VANISHED.
KADOIRI BRIDGE
ITOMORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIYAMIZU SHRINE
[Taki] The landscape of a town that's no longer there.
Why does looking at it make my chest feel so tight?
[music continues]
[inaudible]
* Just a bit more, a little bit more, *
* would you... *
[water running]
* Just a bit more, a little bit more, *
* let's stick together *
* Just a bit more, a little bit more, *
* would you... *
[train rumbling]
[Mitsuha gasps]
* Just a bit more, a little bit more, *
-* let's stick together * -[both gasping]
[Taki] I was always searching.
[Mitsuha] Searching for...
someone!
* We are time-flyer, we are time-climber *
* Don't wanna be lost in its hide-and-seek *
* I won't let you go, won't never let it go *
* My hand finally overtook you *
* You're a loud crier, wish I could stop ya *
* But when I saw your tears *
[Mitsuha gasps]
* I knew I was refused *
* You cry when you're happy You laugh when you're sad *
* Because your heart overtook you *
[Mitsuha gasping]
[Taki gasping]
Excuse me!
Haven't we...
Have I met you somewhere?
I thought so too!
[both] Can I ask you your name?
* The wind that passed between us *
* Where did it bring the sorrow from? *
* The sky we looked up crying *
* Was kind of awfully clear *
[music continues]
* Usually harsh words of my father *
Voice: Taki Tachibana: Ryunosuke Kamiki
Mitsuha Miyamizu: Mone Kamishiraishi
Katsuhiko Teshigawara: Ryo Narita
Sayaka Natori: Aoi Yuki
Tsukasa Fujii: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Shinta Takagi: Kaito Ishikawa
Yotsuha Miyamizu: Kanon Tani
Toshiki Miyamizu: Masaki Terasoma
Futaba Miyamizu: Sayaka Ohara
Kazuhiko Inoue: Chafurin
Yuka Kato: Kana Hanazawa
Miki Okudera: Masami Nagasawa
Hitoha Miyamizu: Etsuko Ichihara
Executive Producers: Minami Ichikawa,
Noritaka Kawaguchi, Keiji Ota
Planning: Genki Kawamura
Producer: Yoshihiro Furusawa
Original Story / Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai
Character Design: Masayoshi Tanaka, Masashi Ando
Music: RADWIMPS
Animation Directors: Masashi Ando,
Ei Inoue, Kenichi Tsuchiya,
Shunsuke Hirota, Kazuya Kise
Assistant Director: Kenji Imura
Opening Animation Director: Masayoshi Tanaka
Mikomai Creation: Kazutaro Nakamura
Art Directors: Takumi Tanji, Akiko Majima, Tasuku Watanabe
Color Setting: Yoko Miki
Compositing Supervisor: Hitomi Fukuzawa
3DCG Supervisor: Yoshitaka Takeuchi
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Recording Studio: studio Don Juan, TOHO Studio
"Kimi no nawa" "Yume dourou" "Zenzenzense"
"Sparkle" "Nandemonaiya" RADWIMPS
Written & Composed by Yojiro Noda (EMI Records)
Music Producer: Sayoko Narikawa
Editor: Makoto Shinkai
Line Producer: Yuichi Sakai
Co-Producers: Katsuhiro Takei, Koichiro Ito
"Kimi no nawa" Film Partners:
TOHO CO., LTD. / CoMix Wave Films Inc.
KADOKAWA CORPORATION East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc.
AMUSE INC. / voque ting co., ltd.
Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc.
* We are time-flyer, I knew who you are *
* Long before even I learned my name *
* There must be a meaning to the world without you *
* But the world without you *
* is like August with no summer break *
* like Santa Claus with no ho-ho-ho's *
* How pitiful if such were the world *
* We are time-flyer, we are time-climber *
* Don't wanna be lost in its hide-and-seek *
* It's really nothing, yeah it's really nothing *
* I'm on my way *
* We are time-flyer, we are time-climber *
* Don't wanna be lost in its hide-and-seek *
* You're a loud crier, wish I could stop ya *
* But when I saw your tears I knew I was refused *
* I cry when I'm happy I laugh when I'm sad *
* Because my heart overtook me *
Production: CoMix Wave Films
Director: Makoto Shinkai